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zmason@medicinehatnews.com On a warm and sunny Family Day in Medicine Hat, several free events around the city provided family fun that included outdoor education, sports and recreation and quality time with loved ones. With temperatures hitting 10 degrees in the afternoon, it was a perfect day for the annual Family Day events at Police Point ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com A missing woman in Coaldale has been located safe. Coaldale RCMP had sought assistance locating Nikita North Peigan Starzyk, a 33-year-old woman, on Feb. 13. On Feb. 15, Coaldale RCMP reported that she had been found... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Alberta Food and Beverage Expo is making its annual stop in Medicine Hat this weekend. The expo is Medicine Hat’s largest one-day hospitality show. Visitors can expect samples of hundreds of wines, beers, cocktails and food from a selection of Medicine Hat’s best restaurants and local suppliers. It’s a perfect activity for foodies, ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers capped off the weekend in a big way. The Tigers, coming off a pair of overtime losses, beat the Red Deer Rebels 10-1 on Monday to earn four of six points in their three-game weekend. They entered play Monday off a pair of overtime losses, falling 5-4 in Red Deer ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Cubs have arrived in the HJHL playoffs. After a 4-0 shutout loss Friday at home to the Okotoks Bisons, the Cubs rebounded and held on for a 4-3 win Sunday on the road to even up the best-of-five series at 1-1. Coming off the series-opening loss, head coach Trent Derzpah says ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat College basketball teams each picked up a win over the weekend. The Rattlers had a two-game set with the Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks, with both the men’s and women’s team picking up a win. The men’s team lost 93-84 on the road Friday before winning 75-73 Saturday at the ... Read More »

In Alberta today, the sign of a broken social contract isn’t hidden – it’s in the line at the local food bank. That line now regularly includes working families with two incomes, people who play by the rules but are being crushed by the affordability crisis. When hard-working households cannot cover groceries, the idea that ... Read More »

Calling all perimenopausal and menopausal ladies, this article is for you. Have you spent days with sinuses that feel like they could explode, a nose that is running a marathon, using eye drops or taking allergy pills like they are candy to alleviate the itching in your eyes? Is your skin itchy? Most days I ... Read More »

Prime Minister Mark Carney stole the show at the Davos Economic Forum attended by world leaders, dazzling them with a dynamic presentation. Everyone except Donald Trump was impressed with his speech in which he outlined the issues facing middle powers like Canada, defined overbearing tactics of superpowers and offered appropriate solutions. Throwing a challenge to ... Read More »

Dear editor, Is there a line our value system does not want crossed when it comes to freedom of speech? The present feeling is anyone can say anything about anybody because that is freedom of speech. Well, I’m sorry to report it isn’t quite that way. There are libel laws preventing me from calling my ... Read More »

Dear editor, I’m writing regarding our local college’s decision to host a Rebel News Panel. Medicine Hat College’s motto is “Scientia Mentem Sustinet,” which is Latin for “Knowledge Sustains the Mind.” This motto invites a reasonable inquiry into the College’s decision to host Rebel News Panelist Tamara Lich – among others – as a speaker. ... Read More »

Dear editor, Having lived/worked in this region of the Prairies all my life and as a descendant of a NWMP/ranching family that arrived in 1884/86, I am “way past tolerant” with the current Alberta sovereignty and separatist rhetoric. In addition to my family helping settle this region, I had a great uncle who survived the ... Read More »